Paragliding Greece: Olympos XC Seminar

Olympos XC Seminar

Olympic Wings invites you to our

Original ‚Olympic Wings edition‘ Olympos XC seminar

from 31.08. to 07.09.2019

XC seminar topics:

Heaps of tips to help you climb fast and efficiently
Psychological techniques to help you perform at your best
In-depth guides to flying the flatlands and mountains
Advice to keep you safe while flying near clouds and terrain
Skills and tactics to help you fly bigger cross country distances
Straight-forward illustrations to help you maximize flying conditions
Simple explanations of diverse wind and thermal flow patterns and structures
Insights into paragliding design. What does the modern design features mean to the XC pilot

Program:

Introduction and establishment of pilot levels
Review of pilot equipment
Area briefing and weather
Daily tasks and group flights with radio
Daily debrief on individual and group basis
Final assessment and summary

About Stelios & Claudia:

The Olympic Wings chief instructors with years of experience in organizing group flying seminars for the progression of XC pilots are certified professionals in paragliding and active pilots themselves for more than 20 years.

Location:

Mount Olympus is the highest mountain range in Greece with its highest peak Mytikas at 2.917 m. The south western area of the mountain has fantastic cross country and thermalling conditions. The large flatland area of Thessaly towards the south offers a big potential for open distance and triangle XC flights. A challenging flight is the cross country towards the Aegean Sea on the eastern side of Olympus with a beach landing.

The main take-off for the XC seminar is located on the western side of Mount Olympus, on top of the village Kalivia. It is called Tourtofolia and provides take-off directions towards west, south and east at a height of 1.250 m. Several paragliding and hanggliding competitions up to world cup level have been organized here already.

Alternative take-offs nearby are KEOAX, Elassona, Kalipefki.

Organization:

Olympic Wings organizes the XC seminar at Mount Olympus and offers accommodation and all transfers during the flying days for the pilots taking part at the seminar.

All necessary retrievals from XC flights are included in the transfers.

The pilots accommodation is located in an area close to a local flying site with short drives to the take-off.

You can book the XC seminar together with your accommodation and transfers directly through Olympic Wings.

For bookings and any further information please contact us.